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Thermal emission at 3.6-8 μm from WASP-19b: a hot Jupiter without a stratosphere orbiting an active star

  • D. R. Anderson
  • , Alexis Michael Sheridan Smith
  • , N. Madhusudhan
  • , P. J. Wheatley
  • , Andrew Collier Cameron
  • , C. Hellier
  • , C. Campo
  • , M. Gillon
  • , J. Harrington
  • , P. F. L. Maxted
  • , D. Pollacco
  • , D. Queloz
  • , B. Smalley
  • , A. H. M. J. Triaud
  • , R. G. West

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Abstract

We report detection of thermal emission from the exoplanet WASP-19b at 3.6, 4.5, 5.8 and 8.0 μm. We used the InfraRed Array Camera on the Spitzer Space Telescope to observe two occultations of WASP-19b by its host star. We combine our new detections with previous measurements of WASP-19b's emission at 1.6 and 2.09 μm to construct a spectral energy distribution of the planet's dayside atmosphere. By comparing this with model-atmosphere spectra, we find that the dayside atmosphere of WASP-19b lacks a strong temperature inversion. As WASP-19 is an active star (log R'HK = -4.50 ± 0.03), this finding supports the hypothesis of Knutson, Howard and Isaacson that inversions are suppressed in hot Jupiters orbiting active stars. The available data are unable to differentiate between a carbon-rich and an oxygen-rich atmosphere.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3422-3431
JournalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume430
Issue number4
Early online date21 Feb 2013
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Apr 2013

Keywords

  • Methods: data analysis
  • Techniques: photometric
  • Occultations
  • Planets and satellites: atmospheres
  • Planets and satellites: individual: WASP-19b
  • Stars: individual: WASP-19

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